Hello, dear colleagues -
Thank you again for your warm words and thoughts regarding the passing
of my mother.
As life moves forward...(and she always loved the work that we do...)
I invite you to join me for the Open Space Learning Workshops in
Argentina in just a few weeks.
Plus: I am giving another "The Power of Pre-Work" workshop this August
- in San Francisco.
Thank you for sharing the word - through email, tweets, other social
networks, or face-to-face over a good beverage with your friends,
clients and colleagues. I look forward to seeing some of you there -
Lisa
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(As I write this, I reflect upon some of the diverse dialogue events I
have facilitated and the elements of pre-work that led to their
success - including a multi-language, multi-culture national immigrant
and refugee farmer conference, a national conference which introduced
dialogue to help participants name diverse and conflicting points of
view without having to come to agreement, a retreat for a global
information technology department generating ideas for their corporate
strategic plan, six international agencies collaborating on how to
spend a billion dollar budget - and other examples of high
productivity, creativity and partnership and meaningful outcomes in
meetings based on dialogue methods and processes. What supported the
success of these events? Not my magic jewel-like words and insights -
instead, a thorough analysis to select the appropriate tool, plus
ongoing conversations with the client teams about everything from
issues and objectives to site, food, documentation, invitation and
outreach, follow-up and more - as every one of these elements affected
or supported the dialogue. To me, the pre-work is essential - and
yet, everyone tells me they do not get this sort of training in their
academic programs or other facilitation training. So I decided to host
a workshop to share best practices and lessons learned about the pre-
work.)
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Join us - register now - for
The Power of Pre-Work
For people of all levels of experience
August 24-26, 2011
San Francisco, California USA
Facilitated by Lisa Heft
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Facilitating staff meetings, community gatherings, planning sessions,
conferences and committees:
It is not just about showing up and doing some sort of magic
facilitation on the day of the event.
Learn how thoughtful, thorough pre-work can support the success of a
face-to-face dialogue event.
For people of all levels of experience - although you will be able to
retain more of your learning about pre-work if you already do some
facilitation work.
Whether you facilitate using Open Space Technology, the World Cafe,
Future Search, or other tools, processes and methods with and without
names - everything in the full system of your event affects and
impacts everything else. Share what you have learned and learn more
about all of the elements of Pre-Work. It is all part of an ecology of
interrelated elements.
Pricing - as always - is flexible - custom tailored to what you as an
individual can contribute and afford.
For more information on content, schedule and pricing overview and to
register,
Contact me directly at
[email protected]
I look forward to learning with and from you,
Lisa
Lisa Heft
Consultant, Facilitator, Educator
Opening Space
[email protected]
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